Individual activities include:

• Membership of a voluntary association 

• The association must be recognised by ECSA
• For example, SAIIE. Go to www.saiie.co.za if you would like to become a member
• 1 point per year

• Part-time lecturing

• To undergraduate or postgraduate engineering students
• 1 point for 10 hours of lecturing

• Supervising postgraduate studies

• For Engineering students studying a postgraduate degree
• 2 points per year

• Oral examination 

• Of final year and postgraduate engineering students
• 1 point per 10 hours

• External examiner

• Evaluation of engineering Master dissertations / PhD theses
• 2 points per year

• Publication in a journal

• Publication of engineering research in peer reviewed journals
• 2 points per paper for a single author
• 1 point per paper per author for multiple authors

• Publication of a technical article

• 1 point per article

• Participation in committees or task groups

• Participation in statutory, professional, intstitutional, technical or non-technical committees or task groups
• 1 point per 10 hours

• Presenting at conferences or congresses

• Presentation of papers OR poster presentations
• 1 point per presentation
• Email [email protected] if you are interested in presenting at an online conference

• Evaluation of educational qualifications

• Evaluation for ECSA
• 1 point per 10 hours

• Evaluation of competence and applications for ECSA registration

• 1 point per 10 hours

• Tertiary education institution accreditation visits

• Participating in Engineering accreditation visits to tertiary education institutions
• 1 point per 10 hours

• Relevant postgraduate qualification

• Maximum 5 points for a completed qualification

• Self-study

• Studying journals or electronic or computerised material
• You must be able to prove this self-study
• 1 point per 10 hours

Please note that the above information was taken from the ECSA website. If you need any further clarification you can contact ECSA directly. 

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